Montreal Olympic Stadium Retractable Roof

The completion date for the olympic stadium s planned 250 million roof replacement is being pushed back a year officials say to make sure they get it right this time.

Montreal olympic stadium retractable roof.

The roof is lowered from a 168 m high inclined tower on fully locked cables the suspension points being held in shape by connecting cables. Taillibert the french architect who designed the stadium to host the 1976 montreal olympics passed away on oct. Pritesh gupta flickr c c. The stadium was designed by french architect roger taillibert to be an elaborate facility featuring a retractable roof which was to be opened and closed by cables suspended from a huge 175 metre 574 ft tower the tallest inclined structure in the world and the sixth tallest structure in montreal.

A new olympic stadium roof won t be retractable but will possibly allow in natural light according to a call for tenders released by the olympic installation board on tuesday. A dream team has been assembled to develop a new roof the third for montreal s star crossed big o the olympic stadium. Collaborating to prepare a business case for a new covering are schlaich bergermann partner sbp a german engineering firm that has designed over 60 stadium roofs. The membrane seams were made in a mixture of sewing and high frequency welding.

Quebec yes montreal the coalition avenir québec government believes in the olympic stadium and that will include a new roof. Olympic stadium will have a retractable roof in time for 2026 world cup montreal will host at least three games in the 2026 soccer tournament under a roof estimated to cost between 200 million and. 2 0 the olympic stadium s inclined tower designed by roger taillibert was only realized in 1987 11 years after the montreal olympics. The first two roofs did.

His vision for the structure included a massive concrete dome. In tabling a bill giving the olympic installations board a new name. 3 at the age of 93. However plagued by construction problems the roof was not installed until 1987 and was not retractable until 1988.

The olympic stadium s roof has 3 400 rips in it compared to about 20 in 2010.